1. ddds COMMAND & DATA HANDLING 128MB RAM 3MB Non-Volatile Memory 6MB EEPROM 64MB Error-Detection & Correction Memory 32-bit processor 10 MHz Clock Speed 11 MIPS Power: 10 W Mass: 12 kg RAD 6000 FLIGHT COMPUTER

2. COMMAND & DATA HANDLING Based upon IBM’s RS/6000 technology Features the Reduced Instruction Set Computing based PowerPC chip More than 600,000 RS/6000 systems in use world wide Over 300 RAD 6000 flight processors delivered to date, with over 100 of these currently on orbit RAD 6000 VME Space Computer HISTORY OF RAD 6000 TECHNOLOGY

3. COMMAND & DATA HANDLING The RAD 6000 is the 1 st Commercially Based Processor To Travel Into Deep Space. 1996 Mars Pathfinder 2001 Mars Odyssey

4. COMMAND & DATA HANDLING 1)Cruise To Mars 2)Orientation of Heat Shield Upon Entry 3)Parachute Deployment 4)Inflating the Airbags 5)Firing the Retrorockets 1 2 3 4 5 The RAD 6000 System Was Essential To The Success of The Pathfinder Mission

5. COMMAND & DATA HANDLING Provides The Computational Power Necessary To Accomplish the UMRM Planetary Aerocapture Re-entry Maneuvers Baseline Chip Is Common In Today’s Commercial Computer World Existing Software Development Tools Inexpensive Hardware Test Beds Space Qualified and Flight Proven in Previous Missions To Mars Mars Pathfinder, 1996 Mars Odyssey, 2001 Same Technology Is Being Employed On Upcoming JPL Missions HIGHLIGHTS OF RAD 6000 SYSTEM

6. COMMAND & DATA HANDLING Passive Cabling System Requires No Power Contains No Active Electronic Components Generates No Signals of Its Own Transfers Electrical Signals Between All Integrated Systems Mass: ___ kg WIRING SYSTEM